Former Leeds United manager Simon Grayson is in the running to replace Carlos Carvalhal as Sheffield Wednesday manager, according to reports.

Grayson has been without a club since being sacked by bottom-of-the-Championship Sunderland at the back end of October, when he was told five minutes after a 3-3 draw with Bolton Wanderers that he had lost his job.

The 48-year-old has thrown his hat into the ring to be considered as the next Wednesday boss, with the Hillsborough outfit looking to replace Carvalhal, who moved to relegation-haunted Premier League side Swansea City after he was also sacked.

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Former Wolves boss Paul Lambert remains the bookies' favourite to succeed the Portuguese in the Hillsborough hotseat, while the likes of Steve McClaren (5/1), Gus Poyet and Andre Villas Boas (both 12/1) are also in contention.

But according to BBC Radio Sheffield , Grayson has expressed an interest in making a return to the game less than three months after the nadir of his managerial career at the Stadium of Light.

Grayson left the club with the Black Cats third bottom and won just 10 points from a possible 45 during his ill-fated four-month stay on Wearside.

Simon Grayson spent just four months with Sunderland before being sacked (Image: Getty Images)

He spent four years in total with Leeds between 2008 and 2012 and helped secure promotion to the Championship in the 2009/10 season, as well as securing a first win at bitter rivals Manchester United for the first time since 1981 in the same season.

As well as Leeds, Grayson also managed Blackpool, Huddersfield Town and Preston North End and appeared as a pundit for Sky Sports during the televised coverage of Leeds' 0-0 draw with Nottingham Forest on Monday and spoke about the club's need for reinforcements in the January transfer window.

"I think the next few weeks for Leeds United are going to be very important for them," he said.

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"I think when the window opens now, I do think they're a few players short of being that team that can really push on.

"Probably three or four years ago when I was here we were second and we didn't invest in January which cost us promotion and I think Leeds need two or three more players just to get them over that line really.

"Because it's open, I think we all agree Wolves are going to be the team that are going to get automatic promotion and there's probably a host of other teams that will be the ones that will be thinking we can finish second in this division still."